Les Infos

le mercredi, 3 octobre 2018
Topics of our recent classes in second grade have been rooted in several songs and books. The fun song Le Poussin piou gave us an understanding of the cultural differences in how people hear animals sounds! You can see the two versions of the song below; one with simple animation, one with the gestures we used for the song. (A great feature of YouTube is the ability to slow down the video! Click on the cog on the bottom of the video to see the settings in order to adjust the speed.) We have had a lot of fun with our farm animal study, and we will soon be transitioning to another animal-centered activity which will involve a couple of stubborn animals and two others who work together to overcome a similar obstacle.

le jeudi, 20 septembre 2018
It has been a lot of fun to work with these students again. It was great to see those of you who were able to attend curriculum night this past week. I discussed my general approach to second language acquisition which can be summed up in two words, "comprehensible input." I also shared a little about what we have been doing in second grade.
Our main activities this year have revolved around two major ideas: farm animals, and what various animals (and students!) can and cannot do. We are building up to watch our first animated short of the year (which I will post here, after the students have watched it for the first time!), and Muzzy will make his first appearance of the year. Students are being encouraged to us as much French as possible in the classroom, which is challenging, but we are slowly making progress!